Looking at the ancient mirrors one after another, you really have to study them carefully. Maybe there is extremely exquisite craftsmanship on each mirror.
For example, the hollow composite mirror made with the hollowing technique, the hollow square mirror with four dragon patterns and the four bird pattern mirror are all fine bronze mirrors from the Warring States Period.
Chen Wenzhe had already learned the hollowing out process when he was making jade.
In addition, the hollowing process is also used in the production process of porcelain.
However, he has never systematically learned this craft.
Now that he has encountered it this time, he doesn't mind studying it systematically.
Mainly because there are so many places where this technology can be used.
If you look carefully, you can see that the hollowing process can be used on bronzes, jewelry, porcelain, and jade. So what else can’t be used?
Seriously speaking, hollowing out is actually a carving technique.
The outside looks like a complete pattern, but the inside is empty or inlaid with small hollow objects.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the porcelain hollowing out process was mainly used under the porcelain fumigation furnace.
The classic representative among them is not a bottle with colorful hollow clouds and phoenix patterns.
After thousands of years of development, with the improvement of skills of ancient ceramic craftsmen and the improvement of people's aesthetics, the hollow patterns under porcelain have also changed from Nadu's geometric patterns to various exquisite and complicated decorative patterns.
The patterns decorated with hollow craftsmanship are dense and complex, covering the body of the vessel.
Before the Song Dynasty, hollow decoration was gradually developed;
Many international famous brands have their own classic hollow styles, which are deeply loved by fashion people.
In contemporary times, the word hollow is being used more widely.
The whole body of the porcelain is outlined in brown or auburn, and is decorated with overglaze blue and white and red, yellow, green, eggplant purple, and malachite green colors. The whole vessel is painted with four layers of decoration.
For example, in porcelain after the Song Dynasty, hollow patterns were mainly practical and supplemented by decoration.
The belly of the bottle is engraved with nine phoenixes flying among auspicious clouds, forming the theme pattern of the vessel.
From before the Wanli Dynasty, the decoration under porcelain changed to a rich and cold style.
From the Yuan Dynasty to the end of the hollow patterns under porcelain, the end became simple, separated from practical functions, and the end of the transformation from complex to simple.
The back, front, right and left are symmetrical to each other. A circle of convex leaves is carved on the upper abdomen.
The lower abdomen is engraved with two intertwining chrysanthemum patterns and two intertwining lotus patterns.
In each dynasty, hollow craftsmanship has its own characteristics of the times.
The porcelain hollow smoker cage of the Tang Dynasty is also a model of hollow craftsmanship.
Let’s talk about ceramics first, one of the traditional decoration techniques of hollow ceramics.
Of course, there is nothing exquisite in it. It is not only gorgeous, but also very beautiful.
The porcelain hollows extend from the shoulders to the lower abdomen, and there are seven groups of square holes. Each group is composed of seven long strips of hollows. The shoulders, abdomen and near the bottom are all without a string pattern.
The inheritance I hope to obtain is related to skills in ceramics, jade, bronzes, or even wood carvings, jewelry, etc.
Instead of carving out the patterns under the porcelain body, the decorative patterns are hollowed out to form a transparent pattern inside. This technique reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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That hollow vase with cloud and phoenix pattern only successfully used colorful decoration, and used unfamiliar carving techniques to give people a sense of ingenuity.
The decorations of that period were not only gorgeous and gaudy, but elegant and beautiful.
The mouth of the bottle is hollowed out with a Ruyi cloud pattern, and the neck is painted with a colorful banana leaf pattern and a number of flying butterflies.
The white-glazed hollow smokers of the Song Dynasty do not have the same characteristics.
In addition to hollowing out and other decorative techniques, the shoulders and rims of pots, jars, statues, and washing utensils in the Western Jin Dynasty were rarely decorated with fine geometric patterns.
The hollowing out process of porcelain is also a reflection of the continuous regression of porcelain technology. After the development of the past dynasties, it has evolved from complex to complex, from single lines to simple and exquisite patterns.
The lower belly of the celadon-glazed porcelain jar is covered with perforated square decorative patterns.
For example, square, octagonal, rectangular, drop-shaped, and round hollow patterns are the main ones.
By the Qing Dynasty, porcelain firing and decoration techniques had reached the level of perfection.
The furnace cover is carved with flame-shaped hollow patterns and octagonal patterns.
Hollow clothing is a common expression in the modern fashion world, mainly women's hollow shirts.
From the mouth to the bottom, the entire vessel is densely covered with patterns, with tiny gaps, making it extremely gorgeous.
The white glazed hollow smoker has a height of 11.7 cm and a diameter of 6.1 cm.
In the past, hollowing was used under bronze ware. Later, with the emergence of celadon, the hollowing out process was widely used under porcelain decoration. It is one of the decorative techniques of porcelain.
A celadon-glazed hollow vase from the Longquan kiln of the Yuan Dynasty, with a height of 19 cm, a diameter of 3.8 cm, and a bottom diameter of 6 cm.
In addition to the simplicity of the hollow decorative patterns, the craftsmanship has also increased the difficulty, and hollowed-out revolving bottles and set bottles have appeared. In the Ming and Qing porcelains, hollow patterns are considered to be complicated and beautiful.
All kinds of ceramic incense sticks from the Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties have no decorative patterns;
The pottery of the late Neolithic Age, seven thousand years ago, was no longer decorated with round holes.
The hollow patterns of porcelain after the Song Dynasty are relatively simple, either lines or complex geometric patterns.
By the Yuan Dynasty, the hollow patterns under porcelain ended from simple to complex.
The fashion industry uses this to express knitting or tailoring techniques, and hollow fashion is synonymous with transparency and sexiness.
The combination of such dense hollowing and colorful decoration reflects the superb skills of the porcelain craftsmen at that time.
The body of the porcelain bottle uses hollowing as the main decoration technique, and the shoulders are carved with a circle of branches and leaves.
Therefore, the hollowing out process of porcelain originated very early and developed very badly. It cannot be said that it has been used throughout ancient and modern times.
The hollow patterns and craftsmanship of porcelain in the Ming Dynasty became simpler, changing the sparse, elegant and tranquil pattern style of later dynasties.
That's not using tools to carve intricate decorative patterns under the porcelain.
That makes the entire furnace oval in shape, with a fine white body and white glaze that is green and bright.
During that period, hollow patterns changed from complex geometric patterns to various auspicious patterns, or mainly floral patterns.
The bottle is 49.5 centimeters low, 15 centimeters in diameter, and 17.2 centimeters in foot diameter.
The raw material of hollow clothing is mostly chiffon, which has obvious hollow properties. The clothing is light and thin and suitable for summer wear.
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, works such as hollow rotating centers, rotating necks and hollow bottle sleeves were fired, bringing that kind of craftsmanship to its peak.
The hollowing process of porcelain is also called "engraving" or "openwork".
For example, the Western Jin Dynasty blue-glazed hollow double-series jar has a height of 17.7cm, a diameter of 12.3cm, and a full diameter of 14cm.
The thin-bodied white pottery cups unearthed from Xiaowenkou in Qilu have various hollow patterns under the handles.
It refers to the withered patterns under the pottery body.
In addition to the decorative function, those hollow decorations are rarely used for pores to emit fragrance from the incense burner, and even less are mainly practical.
Of course, Chen Wenzhe would be concerned about this application.
The hollowing out process can't be found under the pottery of the Neolithic Age.